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Parotis salivary gland

   

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Slide 85: Parotid gland

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This slide is a section through the parotid salivary gland.

Identify microscopically:

  1. Secretory units
  2. Secretory ducts

  3. Connective tissue septae and blood vessels

Draw and annotate:

A number of secretory units and ducts.

 

Reflection:
  1. What type of secretory unit is found here?
  2. What types of secretory ducts are found, and how does each one look?
  3. As what type of gland is the parotid classified?
 

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A section through the parotid gland
A section through the parotid gland
 
 

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